The Siuslaw Institute, Inc.

Watershed Arts, Science and Health

Organization

The Siuslaw Institute is incorporated under the laws of the
State of Oregon as a nonprofit corporation with
reporting responsibilities to the Charitable Activities Section of
the State’s Department of Justice.

The Institute hs been well-served by its Board of Directors, all of whom
have participatedsince the
formation of the organization. They are;

2009 - Developed an innovative NEPA process for the Forest Service's FiveMile-Bell Landscape Restoration project. and
began partnering with Ecotrust to provide local contractors collecting existing-conditions data and historical references.

2010 - Distributed Institute publication of "Restoration of the Land and its People" (study of conservation needs and opportunities in the John Day Basin).
Continued FiveMile-Bell project working with US Forest Service Task Force.

2011 - Assisted Wild Salmon Center in continuing formation and development of 8 Public Salmon Councils in the Russian Far East. Hosted nine representatives of these
Councils in western Oregon for shared learning and exchange.

2012 - Helped in the development of Bolshaya Council, Kamchatka Peninsula, and attended their first-ever Kamchatka
Regional Salmon and Community Festival.The Institute-managed FiveMile-Bell NEPA work with the Siuslaw Forest was selected by
White House Council on Environmental Quality as one of 5 national Pilots for innovative and streamlined approach to NEPA.

2013 - Two national Webinars held with partners on FiveMile-Bell NEPA work. FiveMile-Bell implementation work
begins with road repairs and valley re-grading. Johnny elected Chair of the national Joint Forestry Team. Bolshaya Council a RiverPrize Finalist!

2014 - Continued to administer and manage contracts for FiveMile-Bell, and manage the Natural Resources program at the Mapleton Schools. Also hosted one of Shiloh's Kenyan partners for presentations to local tribes.

2015 - Worked to renew and revive RVCC as a dynamic contributor to solution-based natural resources policy for the West. Hosted Russian visitor, Albina Morilova, for the second time. Shiloh was killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking home late at night along the highway outside of Corvallis.